GERMAN LANGUAGE

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2014/2015

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Optional/Mandatory:

Optional

Degree:

Master's Degree Programme in HUMANITIES

Disciplinary Sector:

German Language and Translation

Language:

Italian

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

HOEHMANN Doris Anita

WEILEMANN Kristina Maria

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Knowledge of German at A2+/B1 level

AF code:

40000519

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The German exam consists of a language test of the abilities learnt and an oral exam, which is about topics discussed at lessons and which can only be taken after the written test has been passed; there will be optional intermediary tests.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Students will know, as well as the basics of German linguistics, will know the basic tools, problems and strategies of both of language learning and of specialized communication (Humanities)

Contents

The course aims to introduce the German language, with particular focus on:
• Syntactical and lexical features of specialized communication
• Current lexicographical tools (different types of on and offline dictionaries, corpora and databases
etc.)
• Analysis of short academic texts (Humanities)

Recommended Bibliography

- Cinato Kather, Lucia 2011. Mediazione linguistica tedesco-italiano. Milano, Hoepli, cap. 7;
- Jojo sucht das Glück 1 (episodes 1-10; http://www.dw.de/dw/0,,13359,00.html);
- Bandtagebuch (Intro, episode 1; http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/bandtagebuch/s-13891;
- Buscha, A. et al., Begegnungen. Integriertes Kurs- und Arbeitsbuch. Sprachniveau B1+. Schubert-Verlag (ultima edizione) o, in alternativa, Paschke, Peter: Leggere il tedesco per gli studi umanistici. Principianti. Libreria Editrice Cafoscarina (ultima edizione)
-further teaching and learning materials will be published online (http://elearning1.uniss.it/moodle/course/view.php?id=338)

Teaching Methods

Exercises, goup work

Contacts/More Information

Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language to incoming students: English
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language:
- Dodd, William J. 2000 'The relevance of corpora for German Studies', in Dodd (ed.), Working with German corpora, University of Birmingham Press (reprinted by Continuum Press, 2006), pp. 1-39.
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language:English

Borrowed courses

GERMAN LANGUAGE
SCIENZE DELL'UOMO - FILOSOFIA
GERMAN LANGUAGE
SCIENZE DELL'UOMO - FILOSOFIA E SCIENZA DELL'EDUCAZIONE

Other courses

Course year: 1

AESTHETICS
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ANTIQUITY AND ROMAN INSTITUTIONS
12 credits - Caratterizzante
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
12 credits - Caratterizzante
ECONOMIC HISTORY
12 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY AND GREEK EPIGRAPHY
12 credits - Caratterizzante
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FRENCH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
GERMAN LANGUAGE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
MEDIEVAL HISTORY - ADVANCED COURSE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
SPANISH LANGUAGE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
THEORETICAL TRAINING
6 credits - Altro

Course year: 2

HISTORY OF ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY - ADVANCED COURSE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY - ADVANCED COURSE
6 credits - Caratterizzante
HISTORY OF TRAINING PROCESSES
6 credits - Caratterizzante
THEORETICAL PHILOSOPHY (ADVANCED COURSE)
12 credits - Caratterizzante
ITALIAN LITERATURE
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
PSYCHOLOGY OF ORIENTATION AND COUNSELING
6 credits - Affine/Integrativa
FINAL TEST
12 credits - Lingua/Prova Finale

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